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Title: A nobel tale of postwar injustice

Journal Article · · Physics Today
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881933· OSTI ID:365900
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  1. National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Institute of the History of Science, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg (France) Lewin Sime, Ruth [Department of Chemistry, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, California (United States) Walker, Mark [Department of History, Union College, Schenectady, New York (United States)

Recently released Swedish documents reveal why Lise Meitner, codiscoverer of nuclear fission, did not receive the 1946 physics prize for her theoretical interpretation of the process. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}

OSTI ID:
365900
Journal Information:
Physics Today, Vol. 50, Issue 9; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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